Studio graduation portrait of Hispanic American Erinea García (later Erinea García de Gallegos). She is seated on a stool and wears a white dress trimmed in lace, white stockings, white shoes and has an oversized bow in her hair. She holds her diploma and a bouquet of roses in her lap. She sits in front of a painted backdrop. She graduated from Antonito High School in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado.

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Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Erinea García's graduation portrait. She graduated from Antonito High School in 1922 with a class of eight students, seven girls and one boy. She taught school in La Jara, and San Luis Colorado and served as principal of the elementary schools in Conejos and Antonito, Colorado. She was appointed Postmaster of San Luis and served from 1934 to 1973, retiring at age 71 after serving for 38 years." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 182).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Frank Gallegos.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001521091